A deactivation control: Which control provides this capability?

The ability to promptly take an unsafe system offline is provided by a deactivation control or kill switch.

The question

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1. An access-control policy that governs which users and roles are permitted to view, operate or configure the deployed AI system.

   Plausible but wrong: access control decides who may use the system, not whether it can be promptly shut down when unsafe.
2. A version-control system that records changes to the model and code so prior states can be restored later if needed.

   Plausible but wrong: version control tracks change history and rollback of artifacts, not real-time deactivation of a running system.
3. A deactivation control, or kill switch, that lets operators promptly take the AI system offline when it behaves unsafely. ✓

   Correct: a deactivation control or kill switch is exactly the mechanism for promptly stopping an unsafe system.
4. A rate-limiting rule that caps how many requests a client may send so the service is protected from overload.

   Plausible but wrong: rate limiting throttles traffic for stability, but it does not deactivate the system when it misbehaves.

How to remember it

The ability to promptly take an unsafe system offline is provided by a deactivation control or kill switch.

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